March 17, 2015, 11:45AM

For many parents of young African-American men, preparing their children to interact with police is a basic life lesson, akin to teaching them to drive a car or do their own laundry. Particularly post-Ferguson, many parents of color consider it a necessary and essential parenting step. This week, the New York Times published a new video in which parents... Full story »

December 28, 2014, 1:23PM

July, 2014 - Alyssa Bryant at a May memorial marking the fourth anniversary of her half-brother's death. She wants to keep the fight for reform alive, but worries it will have the same impact on her as it did her father. Keaton Otis: Race, mental illness and a city's lost son. Beth Nakamura/The Oregonian

August 06, 2014, 10:15AM

Join us at 10 a.m. Wednesday for a live chat with civil rights activist Jo Ann Hardesty, who does not believe the official version of events in the death of Keaton Otis and the shooting of Officer Chris Burley. Full story »

July 31, 2014, 12:01PM

The Oregonian spoke with mothers whose sons are black, Latino or biracial about what they told their children about interacting with police and about their own experiences with law enforcement. Full story »

July 10, 2013, 12:01AM

The shootings and death in custody examined by the auditors happened from 2005 through 2010. Each of the shootings followed a police foot or car chase, or standoff with a suspect in a vehicle. Full story »

February 28, 2012, 9:21PM

The complaints varied about interactions with police. But all residents pleaded with U.S. Justice Department investigators to do what they said the city hasn't done: hold police accountable for their actions. Full story »

January 18, 2011, 8:01PM

Portland Officer Christopher Burley says he knows the man who shot him and was in turn fatally shot by officers struggled with mental illness. Burley now works with the mentally ill as part of the bureau's mobile crisis unit. Full story »